‘Genats’ boy Matt lays into overpaid
Wednesday 27th October 2010, 2:30PM BST.
LES GENATS boy Matt Le Tissier has launched a scathing attack on what he sees as lawlessness and greed in modern-day Premier League football.
Le Tissier, who retired in 2002 after 16 years at Southampton, where he was regarded as one of the club’s greatest ever players, spoke out in the media following the Wayne Rooney contract saga.
But was not Rooney alone who bore the brunt of the Soccer Saturday pundit’s anger.
The Guernseyman also criticised footballers who broke the law, saying their council estate roots were partly to blame.
Le Tissier (pictured) himself lived on Les Genats, the biggest States estate on the island, until he left the island for the UK’s south coast aged only 15.
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Well what’s Le God going to do about it? There’s no point simply wringing your hands with indignation, something actually needs to be done. This is like going to the Press and saying ‘Milk prices have gone up’
We all know there’s a bloney problem!
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£200,000 per week?
Mr Osborne is happy.He collects 50p in the pound to help the poor people
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This is very rich coming from a man who admitted a match fixing attempt. There is a theory that the high wages in football at the moment are an attempt to step above match fixing and ensure that the stars of the game are not tempted to take part in such dealings.
The story about the match fixing plan from Southampton’s Daily Echo: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4578097.Le_Tissier_s_attempt_at_betting_scam_nearly_backfired/
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Paul
I remember your previous pontificating post on this ‘match fixing attempt’
I asked you then how you thought that betting on the time of the first throw in could be construed as attempting to fix a match
You didn’t reply then,perhaps you will now ?
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Paul, what a strange theory……and one which has has zero evidence to support it!
Perhaps you are confusing football with cricket, where in countries such as Pakistan young, promising players are more at risk from bookies because their wages are very low?
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Ray
You have accused the wrong Paul.
Easy mistake to make though.
I will answer by saying all fixing, no matter how trivial, plays no part in sport where the winner should be decided on fairness & skill.
As a professional player he has let himself down & his team.
Cheaters should never prosper is what I’ve been taught.
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If the footballers on the pitch do not get this money, who will? Suits sitting in the boardroom munching on prawn sandwiches?
I am not in favour of the high wagers most Premiership players get, but the people on the shopfloor in any profession should get the biggest bucks, not the management!
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